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...will save the College $900,000 a year, HUDS Executive Director Ted A. Mayer told students at a forum Monday night. Annenberg will still serve prepared breakfast to all students, and administrators emphasized that the cost savings will allow for a 40 percent increase in the budget for brain break. Only 30 percent of students eat breakfast and many of those do not eat the prepared items, Mayer, meaning the effects of the breakfast changes should be minimal. “You got it at Annenberg, and a transfer of funds to brain break; you’ve got protein...
...problem epidemic in Hawaii? Sounds like it. In 2007, there were 1,369,150 cases of larceny from motor vehicles in the entire U.S., according to the Department of Justice. That's about one break-in for every 224 people. In Honolulu, however, the rate is roughly one break-in for every 85 people...
...what's the deal? Are rental-car break-ins as rampant in the Aloha State as mock luaus? And if so, are rental agencies knowingly renting theft-prone cars...
That's no surprise if you've been to Hawaii and seen the ubiquitous signs warning tourists to lock their cars and remove any valuables. And many travel books and online message boards carry specific warnings for Hawaii about break-ins. One useful piece of advice: If you see broken glass in a parking lot, don't park there. That glass probably means it's a prime hunting ground for thieves...
...everyone sees it that way. Fernando Justo, who works for an organization that certifies the Portuguese pigs of Presunto de Barrancos, hinted darkly at the "economic interests" behind the Russian ban, by which, one imagines, he can only mean a sort of ham protectionism. Taking advantage of a break in the proceedings to snack on a ham sandwich, he said: "People who are less educated will give it up at first. But that will pass...